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Application 1048

Intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty: A treatment for patients with chronic low back pain due to anular disruption of contained herniated discs

Application No.1048
Application NameIntradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty: A treatment for patients with chronic low back pain due to anular disruption of contained herniated discs
Advisory PanelsProfessor Bryant Stokes
(Chair and MSAC member)
Professor Bruce Barraclough
(MSAC member)
Dr Ewa Piejko
(MSAC member)
Professor Nikolai Bogduk
(co-opted member)
Dr Philip Finch
(Spine Society nominee)
Dr Howard Galloway
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee)
Dr Roger Goucke
(Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists nominee)
Ms Rebecca Coghlan
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat9 July 2001
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 13 November 2002 meeting.

Since there is currently insufficient evidence pertaining to intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty: a treatment for patients with chronic low back pain due to anular disruption of contained herniated discs, the MSAC recommended that public funding should not be supported at this time for this procedure.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 6 December 2002
Stage 5 - Implementation